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Standard Chartered announced today that it has reached the goal it set in 2011 to raise USD100 million for the fight against avoidable blindness and visual impairment. The goal has been reached two years ahead of the Bank’s 2020 target date.

On 22 January 2016, Standard Chartered Bank Vietnam announced the launch of two new eye care projects to support those in need in Vietnam between 2016 and 2018, with donation commitment totalling USD 2.25 million from Standard Chartered and its non-profit (NGO) partners.

A Standard Chartered charity auction and gala dinner was held on the 7th October 2015, the eve of World Sight Day, at the W Hotel in Doha. The event raised QAR 245,000 towards helping eliminate avoidable blindness.